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Rackspace Technology — a leading end-to-end, multi-cloud technology solutions company, announced the appointments of Kellie Teal-Guess as Chief Human Resources Officer and Michael Bross as Chief Legal Officer. “I am happy to welcome Michael and Kellie to the Rackspace Technology executive leadership team,” said Amar Maletira, CEO of Rackspace Technology. “Both Kellie and Mike have more than 30 years of experience and exemplary track records in their respective fields leading high-performing teams during transformational periods. Their appointments round out my executive leadership team, as we continue to execute our company strategy and capitalize on the tremendous Multicloud market opportunity.”
Teal-Guess brings over 30 years of experience in Global Human Resources with a strong background in Strategy, M&A Integration, Talent Management, Organizational Design, Change Management, and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). Teal-Guess most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cynosure, a medical device company located in Boston, and before that, as EVP, Chief People Officer at CyrusOne. In both roles, she led Global Human Resources and internal Real Estate. Before CyrusOne, Teal-Guess was with ProQuest LLC for four years. Prior to that, she was with Dell Corporation for over nine years as the Executive Director, Human Resources, supporting more than 18,000 employees in its global Services Delivery group. Teal-Guess holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an M.P.A. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington. Related Posts
“I look forward to helping drive talent acquisition and assessment, global workforce strategy, and employee satisfaction at Rackspace. The Racker culture is a differentiator for the company. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to further that culture and be a best place to work globally,” said Teal-Guess. Bross has been an employee with Rackspace Technology for 16 years and has been serving as the interim Rackspace Technology Chief Legal Officer. Bross came to Rackspace as part of its acquisition of Datapipe in 2017 as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Before Rackspace, Bross served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Datapipe for over ten years. Before Datapipe, Bross was the founder and Managing Partner of Bross Cummings Pereira & Moore, a full-service law firm representing high-tech, telecommunications, and public-sector corporate clients. Bross obtained his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Washington University School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing and management information systems from Syracuse University. “As a long-time Racker, I’m thrilled to take on the Chief Legal Officer executive management role. Having the benefit of seeing Rackspace’s evolution, I couldn’t be more excited about the future as we transform the company. I am very passionate about Rackspace and the technology industry, and I look forward to working with Amar and the team to further the Rackspace mission and goals,” said Bross.

Rackspace Technology Taps Kellie Teal-Guess as Chief Human Resources Officer and Michael Bross as Chief Legal Officer

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SAN ANTONIO, April  10, 2023  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology ® (NASDAQ: RXT) — a leading end-to-end, multi-cloud technology solutions company, today announced the appointments of Kellie Teal-Guess as Chief Human Resources Officer and Michael Bross as Chief Legal Officer. “I am happy to welcome Michael and Kellie to the Rackspace Technology executive leadership team,” said Amar Maletira, CEO of Rackspace Technology. “Both Kellie and Mike have more than 30 years of experience and exemplary track records in their respective fields leading high-performing teams during transformational periods. Their appointments round out my executive leadership team, as we continue to execute our company strategy and capitalize on the tremendous Multicloud market opportunity.”
Teal-Guess brings over 30 years of experience in Global Human Resources with a strong background in Strategy, M&A Integration, Talent Management, Organizational Design, Change Management, and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). Teal-Guess most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cynosure, a medical device company located in Boston, and before that, as EVP, Chief People Officer at CyrusOne. In both roles, she led Global Human Resources and internal Real Estate. Before CyrusOne, Teal-Guess was with ProQuest LLC for four years. Prior to that, she was with Dell Corporation for over nine years as the Executive Director, Human Resources, supporting more than 18,000 employees in its global Services Delivery group. Teal-Guess holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an M.P.A. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington. “I look forward to helping drive talent acquisition and assessment, global workforce strategy, and employee satisfaction at Rackspace. The Racker culture is a differentiator for the company. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to further that culture and be a best place to work globally,” said Teal-Guess. Bross has been an employee with Rackspace Technology for 16 years and has been serving as the interim Rackspace Technology Chief Legal Officer. Bross came to Rackspace as part of its acquisition of Datapipe in 2017 as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Before Rackspace, Bross served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Datapipe for over ten years. Before Datapipe, Bross was the founder and Managing Partner of Bross Cummings Pereira & Moore, a full-service law firm representing high-tech, telecommunications, and public-sector corporate clients. Bross obtained his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Washington University School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing and management information systems from Syracuse University. “As a long-time Racker, I’m thrilled to take on the Chief Legal Officer executive management role. Having the benefit of seeing Rackspace’s evolution, I couldn’t be more excited about the future as we transform the company. I am very passionate about Rackspace and the technology industry, and I look forward to working with Amar and the team to further the Rackspace mission and goals,” said Bross. About Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology  is a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology services company. We can design, build, and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products and adopt innovative technologies. Media Contact

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SAN ANTONIO, April  10, 2023  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology ® (NASDAQ: RXT) — a leading end-to-end, multi-cloud technology solutions company, today announced the appointments of Kellie Teal-Guess as Chief Human Resources Officer and Michael Bross as Chief Legal Officer. “I am happy to welcome Michael and Kellie to the Rackspace Technology executive leadership team,” said Amar Maletira, CEO of Rackspace Technology. “Both Kellie and Mike have more than 30 years of experience and exemplary track records in their respective fields leading high-performing teams during transformational periods. Their appointments round out my executive leadership team, as we continue to execute our company strategy and capitalize on the tremendous Multicloud market opportunity.”
Teal-Guess brings over 30 years of experience in Global Human Resources with a strong background in Strategy, M&A Integration, Talent Management, Organizational Design, Change Management, and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). Teal-Guess most recently served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for Cynosure, a medical device company located in Boston, and before that, as EVP, Chief People Officer at CyrusOne. In both roles, she led Global Human Resources and internal Real Estate. Before CyrusOne, Teal-Guess was with ProQuest LLC for four years. Prior to that, she was with Dell Corporation for over nine years as the Executive Director, Human Resources, supporting more than 18,000 employees in its global Services Delivery group. Teal-Guess holds an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio and an M.P.A. and B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington. “I look forward to helping drive talent acquisition and assessment, global workforce strategy, and employee satisfaction at Rackspace. The Racker culture is a differentiator for the company. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to further that culture and be a best place to work globally,” said Teal-Guess. Bross has been an employee with Rackspace Technology for 16 years and has been serving as the interim Rackspace Technology Chief Legal Officer. Bross came to Rackspace as part of its acquisition of Datapipe in 2017 as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Before Rackspace, Bross served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Datapipe for over ten years. Before Datapipe, Bross was the founder and Managing Partner of Bross Cummings Pereira & Moore, a full-service law firm representing high-tech, telecommunications, and public-sector corporate clients. Bross obtained his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Washington University School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing and management information systems from Syracuse University. “As a long-time Racker, I’m thrilled to take on the Chief Legal Officer executive management role. Having the benefit of seeing Rackspace’s evolution, I couldn’t be more excited about the future as we transform the company. I am very passionate about Rackspace and the technology industry, and I look forward to working with Amar and the team to further the Rackspace mission and goals,” said Bross. About Rackspace Technology
Rackspace Technology  is a leading end-to-end multi-cloud technology services company. We can design, build, and operate our customers’ cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model. We partner with our customers at every stage of their cloud journey, enabling them to modernize applications, build new products and adopt innovative technologies. Media Contact

Multi-cloud managed services company,  Rackspace  has signed an agreement to acquire Datapipe which is a provider of managed services across public and private clouds, managed hosting and colocation. This acquisition brings important new capabilities to Rackspace and will enable the company to better serve customers of all kinds, globally and at scale. Pending regulatory approvals, Rackspace’s acquisition of Datapipe is expected to close in Q4 2017. Rackspace will develop a comprehensive integration plan and will take great care to maintain and enhance the exceptional customer outcomes that both companies are known for. Rackspace looks forward to welcoming the talented employees from Datapipe. ADVERTISEMENT
RackSpace helps businesses tap the power of cloud computing without the complexity and cost of managing it all on their own. Rackspace engineers deliver specialized expertise, easy-to-use tools, and Fanatical Support for leading technologies including AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenStack, Oracle, SAP and VMware. On the development, Joe Eazor, CEO of Rackspace, said:
Our customers are looking for help as they spread their applications across public and private clouds, managed hosting, and colocation, depending on the blend of performance, agility, control, security, and cost-efficiency they’re seeking. Commenting on the acquisition, he said:
With the acquisition of Datapipe, we’re very pleased to expand the multi-cloud managed services we provide our customers, while also opening doors to new opportunities across the globe. The company serves customers in 150 countries, including more than half of the FORTUNE 100. Rackspace was named a leader in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers, Worldwide and has been honored by Fortune, Forbes, and others as one of the best companies to work for. Founded in 2000, Datapipe is a pioneer in managed public cloud services. It is a growing and profitable business, based in Jersey City, N.J., with 825 employees and 29 data centers in nine countries. Datapipe serves the complex needs of many large enterprises, including Johnson & Johnson, McDonalds and Rubbermaid. On the acquisition, Robb Allen, founder, and CEO of Datapipe, said:
We are very proud of the business we have built and the innovations and successful customer outcomes we have been recognized for, and the future of Datapipe will be even brighter in combination with Rackspace. He further added that:
The combination of complementary capabilities and resources from both of our companies will create the world’s leading provider of multi-cloud managed services
Rackspace and Datapipe are remarkably similar. Both companies have been positioned as leaders in the Gartner Magic Quadrant assessments of providers of managed cloud services, and in industry rankings by Forrester and other leading analyst firms. Moreover, both companies are known for their technical expertise and managed services across multiple clouds, exceptional customer service, profitable growth, and engaged workplace cultures. Rackspace intends to build on the industry leadership the two companies have established in reliability and support, to create a new level of end-to-end customer experience. Both companies are privately held, with Rackspace owned by affiliates of certain funds of Apollo Global Management, LLC and certain co-investors. The majority owner of Datapipe, Abry Partners, will receive equity in Rackspace. No additional terms or details of the transaction will be publicly disclosed. Brian St. Jean, Partner at Abry, described this transaction as:
A measure of our confidence in the bright future of Rackspace when combined with Datapipe. Citigroup is acting as sole financial advisor to Rackspace in the transaction and has committed to provide incremental Senior Secured Credit Facilities, which will be used in part to refinance Datapipe’s existing indebtedness and pay related fees and expenses. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is acting as legal advisor to Rackspace. Barclays and DH Capital are acting as financial advisors in the transaction to Datapipe. DLA Piper LLP is acting as legal advisor to Datapipe. Share this:

Cloud Management Firm RackSpace acquires Managed Public Cloud Service Provider Firm Datapipe

Effectual, a startup that helps enterprise IT shops get out of their own data centers and move to Amazon Web Services, has acquired JHC Technology, which has been doing a similar thing in the public sector for AWS and other cloud platforms. Private equity-backed Effectual didn’t disclose the acquisition price in the announcement it released Tuesday. The startup announced an investment by private equity firm Lumerity Capital in November and said Tuesday that the JHC acquisition was possible thanks to a follow-on investment by Lumerity, plus a new investment by Catalyst Investors, also a private equity firm. Catalyst and Lumerity “have reserved $50 million to support acquisitions and organic growth initiatives” by Effectual, the startup said. Effectual is notable because most of its team – including CEO Robb Allen – comes from Datapipe, the managed-cloud provider Rackspace acquired in 2017 . Datapipe, which Allen founded and led as CEO, was one of the most successful companies in the busy market for helping enterprise IT shops to go to the cloud. The JHC acquisition builds on a number of steps Effectual has taken to expand its public-sector reach. In May it appointed Dan Tudahl, a Datapipe alum with a long track record in government IT services, to lead its public-sector business. In June, Effectual partnered with government contractor Carahsoft to make its AWS and VMware Cloud on AWS (a big area of specialization for the startup) available through Carahsoft’s Cloud Purchasing Program. Carahsoft aggregates vendor services for sale into the public sector through numerous contract vehicles. JHC has been selling into the public sector for close to a decade. The company says it’s done that through various federal and state government programs that streamline procurement (known as “contract vehicles”), such as GSA IT-70, Navy SeaPort-NxG, and Texas DIR. The company is a “Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business,” a designation that enables it to participate in the federal contract vehicle designed to meet the government’s goal of awarding at least three percent of all federal contracting dollars to businesses owned by military vets who became disabled while serving. JHC is an AWS GovCloud consulting partner, which means it’s certified to help government clients build and run infrastructure in data centers Amazon built on both US coasts exclusively for security-sensitive public-sector organizations. The company is also a partner with Google Cloud, Microsoft, and other service providers, not just AWS. On its website, it lists CapitalOne, US Air Force, US Navy, and the Justice Department among other clients.

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Reveleer develops a healthcare data and analytics platform to offer health plans with a set of services. The platform offers risk adjustment, quality improvement, and audit initiatives which allow customers to manage projects completely in-house using their own resources as a full-service customer or using a collaborative model, and offers healthcare software companies an opportunity to connect. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Glendale, California.

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Leading the charge to disrupt the multi-billion dollar medical record retrieval and review industry , Health Data Vision , Inc. today announced the migration of their core infrastructure for their enterprise-class SaaS platform , MRCS 4.3 , to Amazon , in partnership with Datapipe , a Rackspace Company .

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Teams Up with Datapipe, a Rackspace Company, for HIPAA-Compliant Solutions.

Moneycorp is a fintech company specializing in the domain of currency exchange and international payments. The company offers a comprehensive suite of payment solutions, enabling customers to send money across borders and create sophisticated risk management plans. It primarily serves the financial services industry. It was founded in 1962 and is based in London, England.

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Kenneth Byrne , head of IT services at Moneycorp , said : `` Having an international partner such as Datapipe has been a considerable benefit to us .

Moneycorp chooses Datapipe to expand infrastructure globally

Alibaba Cloud develops scalable platforms for cloud computing and data management. It provides a comprehensive suite of cloud computing services. It provides large and small businesses, financial institutions, governments, and other organizations with flexible, cost-effective solutions. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Hangzhou, China.

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In 2016 , Datapipe announced it was named a global managed service provider partner of Alibaba Cloud .

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Acrolinx is a company that focuses on content governance in the artificial intelligence sector. The company offers an AI-powered platform that provides real-time guidance to improve content quality, clarity, compliance, and consistency, and also offers governance through sophisticated analytics for full visibility and control over content creation ecosystems. Acrolinx primarily serves large global brands in various sectors, including technology and manufacturing. It was founded in 2002 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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Quotall provides insurance software and services for business with everything it needs to sell insurance digitally. It is based in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Datapipe offers a single provider solution for managing and securing mission-critical IT services. The company consults with each client, enabling them to realize potential by harnessing the power of their data, the performance of its network, and the experience of its team. Datapipe is unique in the market for the ability to react quickly, solve problems urgently, and understand the distinct needs of clients.

DataPipe's managed services include application management, database administration and performance tuning, hardware provisioning, service management and monitoring, network and security management, server and operating system management, hosted messaging services, business continuity and disaster recovery, network connectivity, enablement of software as a service to the independent software vendor community, remote infrastructure management, storage management and data center migration; and colocation services consisting of physical space in a data center, environmental controls, primary power with back-up power generation, and multiple network connectivity options. The company provide a range of professional services including consulting, planning and implementation for applications, business continuity, PCI DSS compliance, security analysis and assessment, standards compliance, and systems architecture and evaluation. 

In March 2013, ABRY Partners acquired a majority stake in DataPipe. Terms of the deal were not released.

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